Asian-influenced bakeries have hit Memphis
Drum buns, snow puffs, seaweed floss cake.
Bakeries with influences from across Asia are not-so-quietly making their mark on Memphis. The trend occurring nationwide is driven in part by social media.
In the Memphis area, bakeries such as Bloom Cafe & Bakery, Sweet Musings Bakery & Cafe and Tous les Jours, among them, are introducing diners to lightly sweetened cakes and savory pastries as well as self-service methods more common in other parts of the globe.
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Ellen Chamberlain
Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.
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